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(ModeL) J. Q. HOUTS. Bottle Stopper.

No. 234,035. Patented Nov. 2,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE,

JOHN Q. HOUTS, OF SIOUX FALLS, DAKOTA TERRITORY.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,035, dated November2, 1880. Application filed September 21, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN Q. HOUTS, of SiouxFalls, in the county of Minnehaha and Territory of Dakota, have inventeda new and Improved Bottle-Stopper, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved stopper that willprevent evaporation of the contents of a bottle and the access ofinsects or dust thereto, while it also admits of the pouring out of thesaid contents.

The invention consists 'of a flanged tube provided with a perforatedscrew-cap and of a larger spring-actuated flanged tube set over thefirst tube, and having an attached valve and valve-rod, by means ofwhich the stopper is opened or closed.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation, showing the stopper in placein a bottle and closed. Fig. 2 1s a sectional view of the stopper in abottle, illustrating its position when the contents of the bottle arebeing poured out.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the accompanying drawings, 13 represents the cork of the stopper,having a tubular lining, a; and O, atube thatis passed centrally downthrough the cork A, and is provided with a circular flange, C, whichrests on top of the cork B. The upper end of said tube 0 is externallyscrew-threaded, as shown at a, for the reception of the perforatedscrewcap G.

D represents the exterior tube set over the tube (3, and provided at itsbottom with a rimmed flange or cap, D, that fits over the flange C andcloses down on it when the stopper is open.

Projecting from the point of j unction of the tube D and its flange Ddownward into the hollow axis of the cork B is a rod, Z), whose lowerend is bent at right angles, and is clasped by the lower end of thevertical valverod E, which extends upward through the tube 0 to somedistance above the top thereof, and carries on its upper end a conicalvalve, E.

Between the flanges C D, and resting on the former, is a spring, F, thatserves to press the tube and flange D D upward, and thereby hold thevalve E firmly closed in the opening g of the screw-cap G, whichscrew-cap G is screwed on the top of the tube 0. When the said stopperis closed the spring F operates to hold the valve E in the positionshown in Fig. 1, and the upper end of the tube D against the lower endof the screw-cap Gr. Downward pressure of thumb or finger on the flangeD forces said flange D and its tube D down against the action of thespring F, and the rod 11 being thereby forced downward carries with itthe valve-rod E with the effect of removing the valve E from the opening9 of the screw cap G, as shown in Fig. 2, and thereby permitting thecontents of the bottle to be poured out.

Having thus described m y invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- As an improved article of manufacture, a bottle-stopper constructed substantially as herein shown and described,consisting of cork B, central flanged tube, (1, having screwthreadedtop, exterior tube, D, provided with rimmed flange D and rod 1), springF, valverod and valve E E, and perforated screw-cap G, as set forth.

JOHN Q. HOUTS.

Witnesses:

Mons E. DISTAD, JOHN MEAD.

